Letter: Supervisor's attitude quite biting

Animal Control supervisor Cathy Durkin needs to get a grip on her attitude. Two weeks ago a family member cut her finger on my puppy's tooth while giving him a treat. Not malicious, no big deal. The cut needed a stitch so the hospital was forced to fill out a report.

Where this story gets out of control is when Durkin interjects herself. Seven days after the incident there appears a notice on our door to surrender the 12-week-old lab puppy to the pound for quarantine. We were informed the night before Thanksgiving that we must surrender an 8-year-old little girl's puppy or face $1,000 per day in administrative charges and a misdemeanor criminal charge. Mind you, this notice came seven days after the incident and required a 10-day quarantine.

Where was the urgency in the prior seven days for the vicious animal? This is the law but what is intolerable is the poor attitude this woman had. On the public payroll do we, the public, not deserve respect and consideration?

My vet called her office requesting home quarantine for the remaining three days since he could examine the puppy and deem it safe, especially considering the holiday, and was denied. I find this woman arrogant and rude. While I may not have a legal complaint as the "letter of the law" was followed, eventually anyway, I do have a complaint against basic human courtesy towards the public she "serves."